David C. Weiss
David Weiss | |
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| Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice | |
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Assumed office August 11, 2023 |
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| Appointed by | Merrick Garland |
| United States Attorney for the District of Delaware | |
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Assumed office March 10, 2017 Acting: March 10, 2017 - February 22, 2018 |
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| President |
Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Charles Oberly |
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Acting January 2009 – January 24, 2011 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Colm Connolly |
| Succeeded by | Charles Oberly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Charles Weiss
1956 (age 67–68) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Washington University (BA) Widener University (JD) |
David Charles Weiss (born 1956) is an American attorney. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to be United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and was retained by President Joe Biden. He has served in that office since February 22, 2018.
Career
Weiss received his bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law. He clerked for Justice Andrew D. Christie of the Delaware Supreme Court. He then served as an assistant United States Attorney in Delaware from 1986 to 1989, prosecuting violent crimes and white-collar criminal offenses. Leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, he worked as a commercial litigation associate and partner at the Duane Morris firm and as an executive at a financial services firm. He returned to the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office as First Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2007. In this capacity, he served as Acting US Attorney for the District of Delaware from 2009 until the confirmation of Charles Oberly.
Weiss later served as Acting U.S. Attorney for Delaware again during the administration of Donald Trump following the resignation of Oberly. He was subsequently nominated to officially fill that position, and on February 15, 2018, his nomination to be the United States Attorney was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote. He was sworn in on February 22, 2018.
Hunter Biden investigation
Weiss has been in charge of the investigations into the financial dealings of Hunter Biden and was asked to stay on during the Biden administration. On August 11, 2023, Weiss was named special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe by Attorney General Merrick Garland.